2007
Conceptual Histories of the World and Global Translations
A series of seminars organised by the Centre for Nordic Studies and the research project Conceptual Histories of the World.
Convener: Dr Bo Stråth, Professor in Nordic, European and Global History
The colloquium is open for researchers in the field. Registration is however required. Frequent and active participation appreciated.
For more information and registration contact Veera Nisonen, coordinator (tel. +358-40-7382817, veera.nisonen@helsinki.fi)
Seminar Programme for the Autumn Term 2007
The seminar assembles at 3 pm - 5 pm in the Russian Room at the Renvall Institute. The Wednesday session is held in Auditorium IX in the University Main Building. The Tuesday session on 11th December is exceptionally held at
5 pm - 7 pm.
Wednesday 17th October
Introduction
Bo Stråth
Tuesday 4th December
Is it possible to develop a "meta-language" to enable us to "compare" concepts within and beyond Europe?
Christoph Harbsmeier, University of Oslo
Tuesday 11th December
Modernity and Representation of China
Qing Cao, Liverpool John Moores University
Speakers
Dr Qing Cao is a Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. His current research interests centre around mutual perceptions and representations between China and the West. His publications appeared in a wide range of international refereed journals and as book chapters published by University of Oxford Press, Routledge, Palgrave, and University of Hong Kong Press.
Professor Christoph Harbsmeier is a Professor of Chinese in the University of Oslo, Norway. He has read Chinese in Oxford and taken his PhD in the University of Copenhagen. His publications include Social Realism With A Buddhist Face, The Cartoonist Feng Zikai (1984), Aspects of Classical Chinese Syntax (1981) and Language and Logic in Ancient China (Science and Civilisation in China, vol. 7.1) (1998).
Constitutions and Geopolitics in Post-napoleonic Europe
A series of seminars organised by the Centre for Nordic Studies and the research project Constitutions and Geopolitics - Social Protest and Search for Stability: An Alternative Historical Perspective on Europe.
Convener: Dr Bo Stråth, Professor in Nordic, European and Global History
The colloquium is open for researchers in the field. Registration is however required. Frequent and active participation appreciated.
For more information and registration contact Veera Nisonen, coordinator (tel. +358-40-7382817, E-mail: veera.nisonen@helsinki.fi)
Seminar Programme for the Autumn Term 2007
The seminar assembles on Tuesdays at 3 pm - 5 pm in the Russian Room at the Renvall Institute (Unioninkatu 38A). On Thursday 8th November the seminar will be held at 10 am - 12 am in the Collegium seminar room (Fabianinkatu 24, 1st floor).
Tuesday 9th October - Introduction
Bo Stråth
Tuesday 23rd October
Reception, Transformation and Re-creation of European Political Economy in the Nordic Periphery (1756-1815): A Formative Period for Nordic European Political Culture?
Koen Stapelbroek, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
Thursday 8th November
Today's Europe in Historical Perspective
Chair: Juha Sihvola, University of Helsinki
Today's Europe from a Constitutional and Republican Historical Perspective
Martin van Gelderen, European University Institute, FlorenceToday's Europe from a Comparative Historical Perspective
Gerhard Haupt, European University Institute, Florence
Tuesday 20th November
Post-Napoleonic Constitutionalism. The 'Model' of the French Charte Constitutionnelle and its European Implications
Markus Prutsch, European University Institute, Florence
Tuesday 27th November
Einar Maseng: A 19th Century North European Geopolitical Perspective
Lars Mjøseth, University of Oslo
A Europeanisation of Practices and Politics of Remembrance?
A seminar series Jan-March, 2007 in the framework of Bo Stråth's research seminar Historical Writing and Practices and Politics of Remembrance
Organiser: Bo Stråth and Gosia Pakier
Date: Jan - Mar 2007
Mondays (9)11 - ...
Place: see the programme (pdf)
Registration: malgorzata.pakier@eui.eu